Two houses hit by fire in Syracuse

Syracuse firefighters battled two house fires about an hour and a half and 12 city blocks apart on the city's South Side Saturday night.
In the first -- about 6:50 p.m. -- six people escaped from a burning house at 108 Eloise Terrace, Deputy Chief Jeff Daly said. Two adults and four teenagers were inside the home when the fire was discovered in the finished attic, Daly said. An officer of the fire department became ill with heat exhaustion and had to be hospitalized, but none of the people in the house were injured.The attic had fire damage and the rest of the house received minor water damage.
Firefighters responded to a second fire about 8:35 p.m. at 184 Berger Ave., Daly said. Some of the same crews that responded to the first fire also responded to the second.The house was fully involved when firefighters arrived, Daly said. A woman was in the house but got out before firefighters arrived. There was heavy damage throughout, Daly said.